Tag: Feeding America

This Thanksgiving season, Home Chef is tackling hunger in a new way by giving customers a chance to give back by skipping a meal! Through the “Plate it Forward” campaign, Home Chef will donate at least 1,000,000 meals to people in need and help more families enjoy a full table this holiday season through a partnership with Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. “We’re proud of Home Chef’s heritage of giving back and want to make it easier than ever to spread the joy beyond your Thanksgiving table. This…

Facing new evidence from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) that world hunger continues to rise, Kellogg has announced a new campaign that will make it easier for people to fight hunger by donating 10 foods hungry families request most, to Feeding America® food banks across the U.S. In a world where we produce enough food for everyone, how can more than 820 million people, or one in nine, struggle with hunger? The answer, according to Matt Knott, Feeding America President, lies in our ability to…

Meal-packing volunteers received an unexpected helping hand yesterday. In support of Kroger’s Zero Hunger |Zero Waste anniversary, Oprah Winfrey surprised over 100 members of the Cincinnati community to help pack meals for school children at the Freestore Foodbank on Tuesday, September 11 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to packing 2,000 meals on-site to go toward helping children in the greater Cincinnati community, Winfrey’s food line O, That’s Good! and Kroger together donated one million meals to Feeding America® to help families across the country. “Kroger is thrilled to have Oprah…

Kellogg Company is providing cereals, bars and snacks to California families forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires that continue to rage. Five semi-trailers, or more than 1.7 million servings, of Kellogg foods are being delivered to area food banks by its charity partner, Feeding America. California is currently battling 17 wildfires in the northern and central portions of the state. “Our company and our colleagues are devastated by the deaths and destruction of homes, communities and national treasures like Yosemite caused by these wildfires,” said Kris Charles, Senior…

The most recent Always® Confidence & Puberty Survey reveals that nearly one in five American girls have either left school early or missed school entirely because they did not have access to period products. Missed school equals missed opportunities and a drop in confidence. It’s a simple equation. The lack of access due to economic factors is often referred to as “period poverty” and it impacts girls and women around the world. It can be especially damaging at puberty, when school interactions are crucial to a girl’s development. That’s why…

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